BILL NUMBER: SB 50	CHAPTERED  07/23/99

	CHAPTER   158
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 23, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 22, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 12, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 15, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Johnson, Kelley, Knight, and Rainey
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ackerman, Alquist, Cox, Dickerson,
Leach, Margett, Mazzoni, Robert Pacheco, and Zettel)

                        DECEMBER 7, 1998

   An act to amend Section 84200.5 of, and to add Sections 84200.3
and 84200.4 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform
Act of 1974, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 50, Johnson.  Political Reform Act of 1974:  campaign
statements.
   Under the existing Political Reform Act of 1974, specified elected
officers, candidates, and committees are required to file campaign
statements that cover campaign activity occurring during certain time
periods of an election campaign.
   This bill would require candidates for elective office being voted
upon at a statewide direct primary election held in March of an
even-numbered year and any other election held on the same day as
that election, their controlled committees, certain general purpose
committees primarily formed to support or oppose those candidates,
and certain slate mailer organizations to file certain campaign
statements on specified dates.  The bill also would establish dates
for filing primary election campaign statements for the March
election period.
   Existing law makes a violation of the act subject to
administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.
   This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by imposing
these criminal penalties on persons who violate the provisions of the
bill.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides
that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes
with a 2/3 vote of each house and compliance with specified
procedural requirements.
   This bill, which would declare that it furthers the purposes of
the act, would therefore require a 2/3 vote.
  The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 84200.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   84200.3.  (a) In connection with a statewide direct primary held
in March of an even-numbered year, and any other election held on the
same day as that election, the following candidates and committees
shall file campaign statements pursuant to Section 84200.4 for the
calendar year prior to the election:
   (1) All candidates who have filed or are required to file a
statement of intention pursuant to Section 85200 in connection with
the election, their controlled committees, and committees primarily
formed to support or oppose those candidates.
   (2) Committees formed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013
that are primarily formed to support the qualification, passage, or
defeat of a measure being voted upon in the election.
   (3) State and county general purpose committees formed pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 82013, except that a committee covered by
this subdivision is not required to file pursuant to subdivision (a)
of Section 84200.4 if it has not made contributions or independent
expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more during the
period July 1 through September 30.
   (4) City general purpose committees formed pursuant to Section
82013, except that a committee covered by this subdivision is not
required to file pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84200.4 if it
has made contributions or independent expenditures totaling five
hundred dollars ($500) or more during the period July 1 through
September 30.
   (5) Candidates and committees not covered under paragraphs (1) to
(4), inclusive, that make contributions totaling five thousand
dollars ($5,000) or more to an elected state officer, a candidate for
elective state office, his or her controlled committee, or a
committee primarily formed to support or oppose any elected state
officer or candidate for elective state office during the period July
1, through September 30 or July 1 through December 31.
   (6) Any slate mailer organization that produces a slate mailer
supporting or opposing a candidate or measure being voted on in the
election if the slate mailer organization receives payments totaling
five hundred dollars ($500) or more from any person for the support
of or opposition to a candidate or ballot measure in one or more
slate mailers, or expends five hundred dollars ($500) or more to
produce one or more slate mailers.
   (b) A candidate , committee, or slate mailer organization required
to file a campaign statement pursuant to this section is not
required to file a campaign statement pursuant to Section 84200 or
84218 for the period ending December 31 of the year prior to the
statewide direct primary election.
   (c)  A candidate or committee who has filed a campaign statement
pursuant to this section is not required to file additional
statements pursuant to Section 84202.3, 84202.5, or 84202.7.
  SEC. 2.  Section 84200.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   84200.4.  In addition to other reports required under this
chapter, campaign statements shall be filed as follows in connection
with a statewide direct primary election held in March of an
even-numbered year or any other election held on that date:
   (a) For the period ending September 30 of the year prior to the
election, a statement shall be filed no later than October 10 for the
period ending September 30.
   (b) For the period ending December 31 of the year prior to the
election, a statement shall be filed no later than January 10 of the
year of the election.
  SEC. 3.  Section 84200.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   84200.5.  In addition to the campaign statements required by
Section 84200, elected officers, candidates, and committees shall
file preelection statements as follows:
   (a) During an even-numbered year, all candidates for elective
state office being voted upon on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June or November, their controlled committees, and
committees primarily formed to support or oppose an elected state
officer or a state candidate being voted upon on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in June or November and all elected state
officers who, during the reporting periods covered by Section
84200.7, contribute to any committee required to report receipts,
expenditures, or contributions pursuant to this title, or make an
independent expenditure, shall file the preelection statements
specified in Section 84200.7.  However, a candidate who is not being
voted upon in the November election, his or her controlled committee,
and any committee primarily formed to support or oppose that
candidate is not required to file statements in connection with the
November election pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 84200.7,
unless, during the reporting periods covered by Section 84200.7, the
candidate, his or her controlled committee, or any committee
primarily formed to support or oppose that candidate contributes to
any committee required to report receipts, expenditures, or
contributions pursuant to this title or makes independent
expenditures.
   (b) During an even-numbered year, all candidates not specified in
subdivision (a) who are being voted upon on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in June or November, their controlled committees,
and committees primarily formed to support or oppose those candidates
or a measure being voted upon on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June or November of an even-numbered year shall file the
preelection statements specified in subdivision (a) of Section
84200.7 in the case of a June election, or subdivision (b) of Section
84200.7 in the case of a November election.
   (c) All candidates being voted upon on a date other than the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in June or November of an
even-numbered year, their controlled committees, and committees
primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate or a measure being
voted upon on a date other than the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June or November of an even-numbered year shall file the
preelection statements specified in Section 84200.8.
   (d) In an even-numbered year in which the statewide direct primary
election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
June, a state or county general purpose committee formed pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file the statements specified
in Section 84200.7 if it makes contributions or independent
expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more during the
period covered by the preelection statement.  A state or county
general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c)
of Section 82013 is not required to file the statements specified in
Section 84200.7.
   (e) During an even-numbered year in which the direct primary
election is held on a date other than the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in June, a state or county general purpose committee
formed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file the
statements specified in Section 84200.8 if it makes contributions or
independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more
during the period covered by the preelection statement.  A state or
county general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision (b)
or (c) of Section 82013 is not required to file the statements
specified in Section 84200.8.
   (f) City general purpose committees shall file statements as
follows:
   (1) City general purpose committees in a city which has an
election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or
November of an even-numbered year shall file the statements specified
in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 84200.7 for the six-month
period in which the city election is held, if they make contributions
or independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or
more during the period covered by the preelection statement.
   (2) City general purpose committees in a city which has an
election on a date other than the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June or November of an even-numbered year shall file the
preelection statements specified in Section 84200.8 if they make
contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred
dollars ($500) or more during the period covered by the preelection
statement.
  SEC. 4.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
  SEC. 5.  The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of
this act further the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974
within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the
Government Code.
  SEC. 6.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order that the campaign filing requirements enacted by this act
become effective for candidates seeking election at the March 7,
2000, statewide direct primary election, it is necessary for this act
to take effect immediately.
